Episode #25 - Maciej Obara Quartet: Frozen Silence

In the 25th episode of the ECM Podcast Polish alto-saxophonist
Marciej Obara joins us to talk about his new album "Frozen
Silence", recorded with his long-standing quartet of Dominik Wania
on piano, Ole Morten Vågan on bass and drummer Gard Nilssen. It is
the group's third album for the label and perhaps the quartet's
strongest musical statement to date, inspired by the dramatic
landscapes of South West Poland. Maciej talks about the different
voices and colours his bandmates bring to the group, and about the
various influences - from free jazz musicians like Bill Dixon to
classical composers like Rachmaninoff - that informed the writing
process of the music for the new album.